Rather than offering a subset of in-person programs live streamed to the at-home audience, concurrent schedules of separate virtual and in-person sessions, or both, this year's Charleston Conference is offering its in-person and virtual conferences two weeks apart.
Lorisia MacLeod, currently learning services librarian at the Alberta Library, Canada, previously worked as an instruction librarian at NorQuest College, Edmonton. A member of the James Smith Cree Nation, MacLeod realized early in her career that there was a major problem with properly citing Native and Indigenous sources in academic papers. The work she set in motion to correct this issue led to her being named a Library Journal 2022 Mover & Shaker.
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates global annual and monthly merchandise trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by scholars and academics. Now available in a new look and intuitive design. Contact subscriptions@un.org for licensing information.
The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying emerging talents in the library world—both great leaders and behind-the-scenes contributors who are providing inspiration and model programs for others. Our 21st annual round of Movers & Shakers will profile up-and-coming individuals from around the world who are innovative, creative, and making a difference fighting against censorship, and helping improve their workplace. From librarians and non-degreed library workers to publishers, vendors, coders, entrepreneurs, reviewers, and others who impact the library field—Movers & Shakers 2023 will celebrate those people who are moving all types of libraries ahead! Please let us know about anybody you think we should be aware of.
The 2022 National Book Awards finalists are announced. Saba Sams wins the BBC national short story award. Rebecca Solnit receives the Paul Engle Prize.
When Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden heard that pop star Lizzo planned to be on tour in Washington, DC, at the end of September, she wasted no time inviting the classically trained flautist to stop by and check out the Library of Congress’s collection of some 1,700 flutes.
“Lots of people wouldn’t think of citations as a place to shake things up or make a change, but the conversation we have around it can affect how we’re talking about Indigenous knowledge. It’s how we’re talking to Indigenous knowledge keepers, and how we look at the kinds of things in academia or even in libraries, the things that we don’t necessarily think about being able to be changed.”
The life story of this history-making Congressional member eclipses the usual political memoir. Her story is riveting, moving, vivid, and radically vulnerable.
This book is a broad and welcome examination of sanctions and will be appreciated by both the general reader and serious scholar, which makes it a perfect addition to economic and policy collections.
This book is perfect for readers interested in how society reached the point it is at today with the internet and sex and the issues that have emerged.
The LJ editors are seeking nominations for the 34th annual Library Journal Librarian of the Year Award to honor a professional librarian for outstanding achievement and accomplishments reflecting the loftiest service goals of the library profession. Nominations for Librarian of the Year are sought and welcome from the entire profession as well as from trustees, administrators, officials, colleagues, and library users. Nomination postmark or email deadline is October 29, 2022.
Teachers, librarians, and nurses have some important things in common. They do essential, mission-driven work. They’re mostly women (from 74 percent of teachers to 90 percent of nurses). They’re often underpaid. They’ve faced increased job stressors in the last few years. Many are thinking of leaving their jobs, if not fields—up to 77 percent of Texas teachers in a recent poll. The resulting shortages put more pressure on those who stay.
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows, Women in the Picture, Chasing Me to My Grave, and more in music and art titles: September 2021 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.
1. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir; Trans. by Allan H. Barr. Ai, Weiwei Crown
2021. ISBN 9780553419467 $32.00
2. Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies. McCormack, Catherine W. W. Norton
2021. ISBN 9780393542080 $22.95
3. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South. Rembert, Winfred Bloomsbury 2021. ISBN 9781635576597 $30.00
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